Data Privacy Day: 56% are worried about the internet eroding their personal privacy

Today, 28 January, is data privacy day, and GlobalWebIndex has unveiled research stating that 56 per cent of the public say that they are worried about the internet eroding their personal privacy – up from 50 per cent two years ago.

GlobalWebIndex asked 170,000 individuals in 32 markets annually representing 89 per cent of the global internet population for their views on privacy.

It was found that worry about data privacy varied in different countries: only 17 per cent of the Swedish internet population are concerned about data privacy, while in South Korea 68 per cent said that they were concerned.